Defense

bigdaddy08091 · Post by **bigdaddy08091** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:33 pm

What do you say about this?

Play Emmanuel Sanders at one corner, Brian McCann at the other. Move Jon Jon to safety, where he should have been all along (cover safety, I get confused depending on the defensive scheme). Hud will be okay to play, and rotate #22 at corner , forget his name, to give Emmanuel an occassional rest. The freshman need to stay on the bench. They do not know where they are suppose to be along with not being able to tackle consistently.

southerncomfort · Post by **southerncomfort** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:41 pm

Hudman will most definitely NOT be okay to play for some time.
#22 would be Brandon Jones.
Word is they moved La'cori Johnson and Tim Crosby to safety - this worries me...

HorsePower · Post by **HorsePower** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:49 pm

McCann is playing free safety, from what I hear.
With his speed and instincts, I have a sneaking suspicion he just might be really good at it.
Let's hope.

perunapower · Post by **perunapower** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:24 pm

HorsePower wrote:McCann is playing free safety, from what I hear.
With his speed and instincts, I have a sneaking suspicion he just might be really good at it.
Let's hope.

'

Well let's hope he's good at it. He certainly wasn't all that good at CB playing 10 yards off the receiver.

HorsePower · Post by **HorsePower** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:30 pm

McCann is the last player I'm worried about. We saw last year a glimpse of the player he can be. Things are all weird this year ├â┬ó├óΓÇÜ┬¼├óΓé¼┬¥ for any number of reasons ├â┬ó├óΓÇÜ┬¼├óΓé¼┬¥ but McCann is a speciall athlete who will go down as one of the better DBs we've had in a long, long time.

perunapower · Post by **perunapower** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:35 pm

HorsePower wrote:McCann is the last player I'm worried about. We saw last year a glimpse of the player he can be. Things are all weird this year ├â┬ó├óΓÇÜ┬¼├óΓé¼┬¥ for any number of reasons ├â┬ó├óΓÇÜ┬¼├óΓé¼┬¥ but McCann is a speciall athlete who will go down as one of the better DBs we've had in a long, long time.

Oh definitely, but glimpses of greatness aren't enough. Good players have talent, great players consistently utilize that talent. I'd go as far as to say that McCann it trying to do too much (I think he's trying to cover the middle with the safeties and cover his man on the side,which is impossible to do with any great success).

HorsePower · Post by **HorsePower** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:00 pm

Couldn't agree with you more. I do think McCann is trying to do too much. Once he settles into his own routine, he'll be fine.

Cadillac · Post by **Cadillac** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:13 am

perunapower wrote:Well let's hope he's good at it. He certainly wasn't all that good at CB playing 10 yards off the receiver.

That right there was coached. Bennett's philosophy was to keep the ball in front of the CB on the sidelines, forcing the offense to make long throws for short yardage.

Didn't seem to play out like that though.

-CoS

EastStang · Post by **EastStang** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:09 am

Are you nuts? Sanders is the best quality receiver that we have. Why have him separate a shoulder trying to tackle a back?

jimhagle · Post by **jimhagle** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:46 am

They seem to have scrambled since Rock Dennis went down-think about that for a minute-what pathetic depth!

mr. pony · Post by **mr. pony** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:02 am

Kudos to McCann for chasing down Forte from behind with the game tied in the fourth quarter. Nice job.

davidsmu94 · Post by **davidsmu94** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:29 am

Agreed, there was no quit in Mr McCann

Stallion · Post by **Stallion** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:00 am

McCann hasn't proven that he should be considered one of the best CBs of all time. Don't give these guys false praise until they earn it-it disrespects those that have earned he rigtht to be called the best. I have a feeling you've haven't seen many SMU games

PhirePhilBennett · Post by **PhirePhilBennett** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:14 am

Stallion wrote:McCann hasn't proven that he should be considered one of the best CBs of all time. Don't give these guys false praise until they earn it-it disrespects those that have earned he rigtht to be called the best. I have a feeling you've haven't seen many SMU games

How many yards did McCann get burned for against NTSU?

PhirePhilBennett · Post by **PhirePhilBennett** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:15 am

HorsePower wrote:McCann is the last player I'm worried about. We saw last year a glimpse of the player he can be. Things are all weird this year ├â┬ó├óΓÇÜ┬¼├óΓé¼┬¥ for any number of reasons ├â┬ó├óΓÇÜ┬¼├óΓé¼┬¥ but McCann is a speciall athlete who will go down as one of the better DBs we've had in a long, long time.

Are you sure? I think 3-4 have hung around the NFL in the pre-Bennett era...is McCann at 5'8" going to do that?